Part IV. Read the following passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word in the box. ONE word will not be used.

Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (26)________ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too? For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very (27) ________. It has never been one job it has always been many. A factory robot carried one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn‟t run the whole factory. A housework robot on the other hand, has to do several different (28) ________ of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (29) ________ all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (30) ________, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.

Fill in each gap with one appropriate compound adjective

air-sick; airtight; trustworthy; snow-white; carsick; duty-free; homesick; waterproof; praiseworthy; good-tempered

Peter was a student living far from home. Because of his hard work at college, he rarely returned home and he sometimes felt (1) .... . Whenever he had a chance to go home to visit his family, he always went by train, not by plane or by car because was afraid of being (2) .... and (3) .... .

In his learning, he was very successful and always got good marks from all of his teachers, who often said that he was (4) .... and (5) .... had achievements. Besides, his friends often regarded him as a (6) ..... classmate because he was always willing to help them.

One day, he got the first prize with some money in a competition at college. He decided to go to a (7) .... shop for students to buy some chocolate kept in an (8) ...... container for his father, a (9) .... watch for his mother and a doll with (10) .... hair for his little sister .

Fill in each gap with one appropriate compound adjective.

one-egg; one-litre; three-course; five-minute; twelve-man; fifteen-piece; ten-ton; 2,000-word; thirty-five-hour; 4,000-year-old

1. Their cat was run over by a ... lorry.

2. The concert was performed by a ..... orchestra.

3. The man was convicted of murder by the .... jury.

4. The Vietnamese people are proud of their ..... history.

5. The price of a .... bottle of whisky has gone up by 90p.

6. The workers are on strike for better pay and a ..... week.

7. Peter can't go out. He has to write a .... essay by tomorrow.

8. I didn't have a big lunch. Just a .... omelette and some potatoes.

9. My new house is very handy for the shops and only a .... walk from my school.

10. At this excellent restaurant, we can get a .... meal and coffee just for $5 per person.

SECTION A: PASSAGE FOR GAP-FILL In this section you must find a word from the box to complete the numbered blanks in the passage below. Use only ONE word for each blank. (15 points):

Used,on, afford, enough, every, soon, wait, used

Listening, home, few, who, what, won, all

There was once a large, fat woman (26)... had a small, thin husband.He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wage(27)...... Friday morning. As (28).. .. as he got (29).......on friday,  his wife(30).....to make him give her (31).... his money, and then she(32).... to give him back only (33)......to buy his lunch in the office every day. One day the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the livingroom .His wife was (34).....to the radio and eating chocolates there.You"ll never guess(35)....happened to me today, dear," he said. He waited for a few second and then added. I'll (36)...... ten thousand pounds (37)...... the lottery !".  "That's wonderfull" said his wife delightedly. But then she thought for a(38).....seconds and added angrily, " but (39). ...a moment! How could you (40)....to buy the ticket?"

III, Fill the blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word.

When Bill was eight years old, in 1908, he used to work for an old lady who lived in his village. Everyday, before and after school, he (1) ....... to chop wood, light fires, and go shopping for her. He was paid 5p (2) ....... week which was (3) ....... very much even then. This old lady kept (4) ....... many cats that she did not know exactly (5) ....... many (6) ....... day, one of these cats was found dead in the garden and the lady, (7) ....... was very upset, asked Bill to dig a grave and burry it. Bill did this and (8) ....... given 10p. He couldn't (9) ....... noticing that he (10) ....... as much for burying the cat (11) ....... for a whole week's work (12) ....... made him think. He had many friends (13) ....... fathers, the local farmers, often had to shoot cats to protect their chickens. He offered his friends 2p for every dead they (14) ....... him. He would (15) ....... place the cat in the old lady's garden where she would find it, think it (16) ....... one of her own and (17) ....... Bill 10p for burying it. (18) ....... the time he left school, Bill (19) ....... saved quite a lot of money. Later in life, he became a very (20) ....... bussinessman.

V. Read the following passage and fill in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word. (15 pts)

Most people think of computers (1) very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually, the (2) for a computer was worked out (3) two centuries ago by a man (4) Charles Babbage.

Babbage was born in 1791 and (5) up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines (6) he called. 'engines'. But (7) the fact that he started building some of these, he never finished any of (8). Over the years people have argued whether his machines (9) ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London (10) finished building an engine (11) on one of Babbage's designs. It (12) six years to complete and (13) than four thousand parts had been specially made. (14) it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to (15) people of Babbage's work.

Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word.

Liz has just come back from her (1)............. in Nha Trang. It was really wonderful. She had a lot of (2)............. For Liz, the people in Nha Trang were friendly and the food was delicious. But she thought that most things there weren't cheap. They were queit (3).............

Her parents took her to see Cham (4)............... and Tri Nguyen Aquarium. In Tru Nguyen Aquarium they saw some sea animals (5)..............sharks, dolphins and turtles. They also saw a lot of different (6)..............of fish. Liz liked the colorful fish. She (7).............they were the most beautiful. They bought some things from the souvenir (8)..............near the exit of the aquarium. Liz's father (9)..............her a cap with a picture of dolphin, and her mother bought gifts for her friends. (10)................ the trip Liz didn't feel tired at all. She had a great time!

Supply the correct verb forms.

1. John hasn't got a job. He (be) unemployed for six months. He (work) for a firm which (have) to close because it (not have) enough orders.
2. One day John's father (buy) a computer for him. He thought it was a good report ment for John's typewriter, which (breakdown). John could use the computer write essays. He (not expect) that John would spend all time playing computer games on ot, which (be) what he did it. John neglected his studies actually failed his tests.
When that happened, John (realize) that he (make) a terrible mistake. No (play) computer games only in his free time. Recently he (top) his classmates the mid-year examination.
3. Short after the war, my brother and I (invite) (spend) a few days holiday with uncle who (just/return) from abroad. He (rent) a cottage in the country thought he rarely (spend) much ttime there.
We (understand) the reason for this after our arrival. The cottage (have) no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows (break) and the roof (leak), making the whole house damp.
4. Today there (be) more than 3000 different (speak) languages in the world. English (be) the most widely spoken language, over 350 million people (speak) it but more people speak Chinese are found in China but English (speak) by people (find) in almost every corner of the world.

Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the following passage.

Jack London the famous American writer, was (1) in San Francisco in 1876. When he was young, he (2) to sell newspapers, work at a hotel and on a ship (3) money. He was a student at a university for only a year. He had to leave it (4) he was too poor to pay for the university. In (5) years 1905 to 1909 Jack London (6) his best stories and novels. These books were about working people (7) came to find gold in Alaska, a cold country in the North.

Exercise 1.Fill in each gap with a question word from the box below. Use each word once only

1._____shirt do you prefer,this one or that one?

-This shirt.

2._____siblings do you have?

-I have one sister.

3._____did you eat for breakfast?

-I had cereal and milk.

4._____are you?

-I’m 170 cm.

5._____did you go on vacation last year?

-I went to Thailand.

6._____does this shirt cost?

-It costs 500,000 VND.

7._____is the airport from here?

-It’s about 15 kilometres away.

8._____is the Eiffel Tower?

-It’s 324 metres tall.

9._____car is parket outside?

-It’s my neighbour’s car.

10.____do you want to learn a new language?

-Because I want to be able to communicate with people from different countries.